Our Final Character Trait

Commitment to Whole Health

PhysicalMentalMoral

Commitment Beyond Yourself“To recognize the existence of and be committed to a Supreme Being, higher principle, transcendent purpose or meaning to one’s life” --Kinnier et al.

If we disregard or abuse our personal health, we reveal a weakness of character and a faltering commitment to our higher purpose.

How tragic it would be to have your life cut short before you achieve your goals, all because you failed to take care of yourself.

Physical, Mental, and Moral Fitness

Goal:

Contributing Factors:

Threats:

Physical HealthGoal: Look and feel your best as you

go about fulfilling your purpose

Factors: Exercise + Nutrition + Rest

Threats: OverworkWillful contaminationObsession

Physical irresponsibility reveals a character weakness that inhibits the pursuit of higher purposes in life.

Mental HealthGoal: Think in ways that lead you closer

to achieving your life mission or ideal

Factors: Alertness + Critical thinking

Threats: Negative self-talkToo much pop cultureMental lassitude

Healthy thinking means developing your mind—thinking deeply, asking the big questions of life, learning, growing, imagining, and reaching up.

Moral HealthGoal: Live in a way that advances or brings honor to

your higher purpose

Factors: What you want + How you act

Threats: Postmodern social normsIrresponsible sex

Abandoning your commitment to sexual integrity may very well compromise your character and draw you away from achieving that higher purpose to which you are committed.

Commitment Beyond Yourself

What are you committed to?

To advance it requires time, effort, skills, and energy --but it’s good for you and good for others.

What is your full potential?

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Our Final Character Trait

Commitment to Whole Health

PhysicalMentalMoral